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What is the difference between MM6 and Maison Margiela?
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The difference between MM6 and Maison Margiela comes down to focus. Maison Margiela is the main couture line produced by the French luxury fashion house of the same name. MM6 is a diffusion line of contemporary sportswear priced more economically to appeal to a younger demographic. Find a collection of Maison Margiela apparel and accessories on 1stDibs.
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Martin Margiela White Shirt with Elaborate Cutout Back
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Water Mill, NY
A gorgeous white cotton shirt from Martin Margiela. It has long sleeves with cuffs, a shirt collar and button front. The back is stunning in a chevron pattern of the same fabric lea...
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2010s Italian Blouses and Tops
Martin Margiela Black Shiny Polyurethane Maxi Dress with Waist Cut Outs
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous shirny black polyurethane ankle length dress by Martin Margiela. It is a crew neck from the front which turn into narrow straps in the back onto which the front and back a...
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2010s Italian Day Dresses
Christian Louboutin x Maison Margiela Xrismarteen 100 Knee High Boots 37
By Christian Louboutin, Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Mechanicsville, VA
Christian Louboutin x Maison Margiela Xrismarteen 100 Knee High Boots 37
Color Black
Size 37EU
Heel Height 100mm
Nappa leather upper
Leather lined
Leather sole with new Forever Sol...
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2010s Shoes
Martin Margiela New Split Leg Pants
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Water Mill, NY
Beautiful black wool pants from Martin Margiela. They are high waisted with a button waistband, fly front and full legs with 2 vertical splits one larger with a smaller one below it ...
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Early 2000s Italian Pants
MAISON MARGIELA black nylon 50-50 LOW TOP Sneakers Shoes 38
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Zürich, CH
These 100% authentic Maison Margiela 50-50 sneakers offer a fresh take on retro-inspired style. Crafted from black malleable nylon and soft suede, they blend comfort with subtle soph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Shoes
MaisonMartinMargiela 1stRetrospectiveCollection SheerBlack Convertible VeilApron
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Chicago, IL
As a variation of the traditional waiter apron that Belgian former fashion designer Martin Margiela reworked with his eponymous Maison Martin Margiela since its first collection for Spring/Summer 1989, this minimalist convertible transparent black chiffon rectangular garment, which can be styled as a tied face veil, wrap skirt or dress, was part of his 1994 first-retrospective collection. The iconic corner-stitched textural white-cotton brand label is stenciled with seemingly contradictory text referencing an earlier Fall 1990 collection. Instead of the blank label that had become internationally recognized among progressive-fashion buyers during the brand's initial five years, this black print was added in this manner for only one collection during its founder's tenure. This distinct typography identifies it as one of his favorites that he reproduced from his first 10 fashion shows.
This season-less self-curated retrospective collection without any new designs was unprecedented in the ready-to-wear luxury-fashion industry, which sold only newly-designed clothes typically two to five times annually. In the early 1990s, this old-made-new-again collection was astonishing for a Paris-based high-end brand, for which any lack of fresh designs for Spring had otherwise been attributed to the loss of an artistic director or the outbreak of war.
Nevertheless, there are subtle differences of color, material and draping possibilities that make our re-edition unique from the referenced 1990 apron and from later "replicas", which was the term that Margiela printed on a different kind of label for his second self-curated retrospective in Spring 1999 following 10 more collections.
Aside from the text-printed brand label with four characteristic hand-sewn corner stitches, the only other element that unified Margiela's first collection of favorites was that all the items were overdyed a darker color so that the clothes were various shades of grey, blue or black depending on the original color of the textile and how much dye the thread/yarn absorbed. The first Margiela apron...
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